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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-05-31

ID EINFORCs BACK and FRONT SHIRTS at
IL soc a very cheap article Call and see them
my16 At AMOS B. SLAYMAKERS.
VERY handsome assortment of P. K. aud
Il SILK IL. HAND SCAKFS, from 3 to 5Oc, at
my16 B. B. SLAYMAKEk'S.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-05-31
APPROPRIATION BILL.

" for for the Fscai Year. ENDING @ag 81 qsss
SEC 1. Be it enacted by the City Council of
Alexandria, That a part Of the revenue of the
city for the year ending May 81, 1888 be, and
,bo isb eb--o otaJo Coll
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29

II will be news TO good many people
TO learn that perhaps the oldest settle
ment in the United States is TO be found
in Arizona, at least that is the assertion
made in petition recently received by
the Con missioner OF tho General Land
Office. The place is called Tubao, and is
in Pima county. Washington cores
pondent of the New York Herald says
this is how this interesting bit Of History
come to be made public.
MThe Probate Judge of the country APP
piled at the local Land Office to have q
quarter section added TO the present town
ship site "for the reason" rs stated in
the petition which is drawn by an attor-
ney, 'that the above portion OF land con
tains nearly all the residence portion and
principal buildings OF the town, includ-
| ing the church, burying ground and
/ historical and other associations connect
ed with the town, the same being priced
| by the !. inhabitants, the town being the
! third oldest In the United States, its his
| tory running back 90 1889"
The petition then goes on to say that
! by some oversight OF the United States
seryeyor who laid ont the town the land
WAS thrown open TO settlement, and one
Bernardo Velenzuela, an illItorete, ignor-
ant Mexican and out spoken enemy Of
our race, who has just taken out his
first papers of citizenship, fled his claim
30 ii.
| If your honor does not intervene to
prevent patent issuing TO this man.
says the petition 'it will work great
hardhip, loss and detriment TO the inhabi-
/ tants Of what we believe TO be the Oldest
settlement in tho United States, for when
discovered by Coronadain 1889 1t contain
ed 10000 inhabitants aud was the capital
OF the then Papaguera County of the
Papagos) as it has been OF this territory,
IL having been our first capital where
United States laws we're first prom gas-
| ed and put in force"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
DANCING TO THE FIDDLE.
The solemn Responsibilities Of the Dancing
Master on the Old Sod

The solemn Responsibilities of the Dancing
Master on the Old Sod
The dancing master still plies his trade
in ;he Ireland of to day, says The Maya
zine OF Art, despite the fact chat politics
occupy the mind of the Irishman to an
absorbing extent. There is no race, by
the way with a keener natural taste ana
aptitude for politics, and the man in an
Irish village with no decided political
convictions would rank as a very poor
creature.
In prosperous or comaratively prosper,
GUS midland and southern counties the
squeak of a cracked fiddle is n pleasant
sound setting young hearts beating and
young feet tapping the ground, ana in.
surfing hearty welcome for the fiddler,
who is drawn into the house amid n hab-
hub of sounds, ofwhich the dogs barking
Is not the least noisy, for the dogs have
sensitive ear for music, and the very
sight of the battered old hddle-case sets
them whining and barking in the delight
of anticipation. The Irish love dancing
and there is DO pleasanter sight than a
well-daneed jig or reel or hornpipe, all
performed with a solemnity bsftting the
HthHANf ibA tAtS atN a iAiplt NtIApNb LhNt
than they generally have credit for. No
stately minuet or court dance was ever
carried out with the solemn sense of re-
sponsibility belonging to an Irish iie;
the cheeks may be flushed and the eyes
sparkle, but the lips keep their stern
gravity, and except for an occasional
"Whoop" when the heels strike the ground
and the subdued "more power of the
audience, the dance is conducted in
silence. / don't know what would happen
if either of the dancers should laugh; |
suppose the dance would be quite spoiled
but then it is not on record that anyone
has ever done such thing or desired 10
do il. Ii must be the responsibility of
| the steps which cause the seriousness
and one is not surprised. For there are
as many as two hundred separate and
| distinct steps belonging TO this wonder
| FIJI dance. II begins by a couple inter.
facing arms lightly and moving up and
down the cleared space. Then they stand
facing each other, hands on hips; there
are few slow steps, reminding one OF
the little false start with which the thrush
sometimes begins her song; then they
warm TO work, aud advance and retreat
and turn each other with interlocked
arms, the girl with her head on one side
and the prattiest modest look, half shy
half coaxing, the man holder and more
rollicking. In curious contrast TO The
seriousness of the dancing, the music il
of the briskest and merriest, as eyeryon,
knows who has heard an Irish ilg-ant
who has notY The names are often yer.
pretty, as, for instance. "The Wind tba
Shakes the Barley and "The Greer
Fields to America"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
Sir Thomas MOre's PREDATORY Letter.
Gentlemen's Magazine.

One of the most interesting predatory
letters is that which accom- anies Sir
Thomas More's utopia" 1t is from him
to his friend in Antwerp, Peter Giles, his
dearest Peter Giles" as he calls him, by
whom and Erasmus the manuscript was
''placed in the hands of Thierry Martins
for publication at Louvaln," toward the
close of the year 1886. Peter Giles, or
"Egidius," as his learned correspondents
used to address him, was the friend of
Erasmus a. we'll as of More, and it was in
his presence, at More's house in Antwerp,
as he relates (of which city Peter Giles
was a native) that the conversations with
the mythical raphael Hythloday, of the
best State of a Commonwealth" took
place, More having been previously intro
duced to this stranger" by Peter Giles
one day as he was returning home from
mass at St. Maries, which ia the chief
church and the most frequented of any
in Antwerp" There is also reference
made in this letter to servant of Sir
Thomas More's, John Clement by name,
who, 1t appears, was present when the
"discourses" took place, and by which he
profited to the extent of disagreeing with
his masters memory of certain facts in
them-notably of the bridge over Anider
at Amaurot.
II is easy to form vivid picture of the
activity of More's daily life from this let
ter TO Peter Giles, for in it he complains
very sorrofully of the little leisure he
could snatch from dayss"s on other
mems affairs" in pleading and hearing,
asd in judging or composing of clauses,
in waiting on some men upon business
and on others out of respect" He was a
man with keen sense OF duty IN his pri-
yate, as well as in public life.
GAN the time can gain to myself is
that which / steal from my sleep and my
above, "mauy do waste almost as much
of their time, as in sleep, which consumes
very nearly the half of our life"
What time he can spare from public
life he deyotes to his family at home,
and not to his study.
~ must talk with my wife and chat
with my children, apd / have somewhat
to say TO my servants; for all these things
| reckon as part of business, except a
man will resolve TO De stranger at home
and with whomesoever either nature
chance or choice has engaged man, il
any commerce, he must endeavor to make
himself as acceptable to those about hin
as he possibly can; using still suoh 9
temper in it that he may not spoil then
by an excessive gentleness, so that his
servants may not become his masters"
That the relations between servant;
and masters were in those days less dis
tant than they are now, it is evident from
the interest which John Clement had in
spired in More: He says:
"You know he was present with ~, as
I think he ought to be at every converse
ton that may be of use to him, for
promise myself great matters from tbs
progress he has so early made in Greek
and Roman learning"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29

I started out from Edinburg shortly
after o'clock in the morning TO make
that diagonal journey extending across
the entire country and ending at the
ovaI-shaped bay of Obon, writes CORES
pondent of the Louisville Courier-J our
nal.
A few stations out of Oban the marquis
of Lorne, the eldest son of the duke of
Argyle, and son-inlaw of the queen of the
British empire boarded the train unat-
tended and as unostentaiously as any
Young farmer He wore heavy, plain
clothes, suitable for roughing it, and his
cap was such as cabmen wear, and | am
sure did not cost more than lone and six
pencen-36 cents. His fathers celebrated
seat of Inversry is not many miles dis
tant, but he had been visiting gentle
man at his castle on an island in the loch
near the station where he got on. The
national colors were flying from the tBrret
in his honor. had seen him in the city
with his wife, the Princess Louise, and
recognized HIM at once, Notwithstanding
his centre change of program" in re,
gard to garb He is only slightly above
the medium stature, but he is much
stouter than wnen he was governor gem
eral OF Canada and made the tour with
his wife through the United States. He
is about five feet nine or ten, and will
weigh $50 or 200 pounds, which gives his
figure a well-rounded and solid appear
ance. He is q perfect blonde His hai
is a silvery fsxen, but his short mustache
is several shades stronger in color a
sort of sandy-yellow. His skin is very
fair, and his eyes are of deep blue, and
quick in their expression. He Ia prob
ably 40 and somewhat bald, but with his
hat on he would easily pass for 30 in our
country. His voice 10 full, manly, and
sonorous, with a strong Scotch accent
His month is well shaped and his teeth
are white and beautiful. His manner Is
frank, cordial, and diguided and alto
gether devoid of affectation or AFRO
gance.
He does not I'M press you as great
man but there is a certain stamp OF the
high bred and born gentleman on his
brow, which is an index Of his long line
! Of Industrious ancestors" When he took
/ his seat in the coach with fishing tackle
and other equi pmeuts supposed he
would get off before We reached our des'
| tiuation, but he remained, and then re
mem bered that his fathers hupting anc
fishing lodge was in Null, on the oppo
/ site side of the mountain from the house
where / was to visit.
At Obau We waited an hour for the
email steamer to load and leave. Th'
marquis, in the meantime, moved abou
among the boatmen, shaking hands anc
chatting with old acquaintance. he sa
on some boxes on the quay for half az
hour, talking with some man in subor
dinate post about the pier or boats
Whenever these men touched their cap
ITO him he returned the compliment.
heard an old seaman say: "There is tn
marquis: must go and shake hands will
him" And he did, and was met half wa.
by the nobleman. They talked som
while, and when they parted they shool
hauds and lifted their hats to one an
other.
During the passage of nearly thre
hours, including two or three stops at LII
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
Chinese in This Country.
san Francisco Bulletin.


According TO Chinese computation there
are now 100000 Chinese in the United
States. The TACT that they are to be
found in every part of the country indl-
Gates that the estimate is not too high.
According TO the census the total number
in the United States IN 1880 was l05,7l6,
But there came in 1881 1880, and III
1882, under the prospect of restriction,
80, $40, making a total of 1918 up TO
the date of the restriction act. The death
rate among these people by reason OF
their defiance of the laws of sanitation,
wherever they are located, is always much
higher than among our own people, es-
pecially when the fact that they are all
mostly adults, without the proper pro-
portion of young and old among them, Is
taken into consideration. The deaths
that have taken place since tbs date
stated, must at least have been 10000,
leaving on hand say $4,000 or 10000.
But the number in this country Is sup
posed to he at least 10000 more. Some,
| no doubt, have got over the northern and
southern frontiers. Bot entrance has
been effected by the great bulk OF them
/ at this port. We are nov getting
glimpse Of the way many Of them man
/ aged to enter by the cOnnivance OF Gus
/ tom house officers under a former admin
! istration. But the federal courts in the
main have been the open doors through
which the incoming coolies have been
/ able to gain admittance. There appears
! TO be money all round for the officials
the clerks, commissioners, marshals and
attorneys. The scenes that transpire are
] Al. su74 ii
of iustice anywhere. There seems to be
persistent purpose TO nulllfy the act OF
| congress. There is, in fact, 40 act re-
stricting Chinese immigration IN oper-
alton at this port. There u apparently
an act in force exacting various KINDS OF
fees from the coolies seeking admission.
These being duly paid no further difficult
ties are encountered. There Is only one
rer.e dy for this sort Of thing, namely
absolute prohibition.
Zeke breaking wood My NANNY
1 GIBBS me penny cherry Say fer ehoPPih
/ dis wood" Abe (enyiously Am dat so
An wot do you buy wild dat cent? LeKe
-"Oh, I doan buy nothin', cause nanny
am savin' 'em fer me TO buy new AZ
wen dis heah one gifts played out
81 want you to send this message Z
\ Miss Brown at Galveston; her mother Il
not expected to live" said Texas gran
ger to an Austin telegraph operator
Operator takes the message, sits dow
at his table and begins to send y over th'
wires.
Hold upl Don't give it to her 50 fast
She's got heart disease. Go slow
Break it to her gently" -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
soulBs.

| man in Manitoba has sent 20 New
YoIklfor copy of the ''Boulanger March,
He says he wants to see if he can't DIS
courage the billiards..
Brother Tom says bicycle riding IS
splendid exercise for the calves. Grand
ma says it may be, but she can't for the
life OF her see how you would get them
TO stay on.
Men who wait for luck to make them
rich are generally compelled to leave the
settling of their funeral expenses To their
relatives.
"a young lady writes to the Telegraph
to ask; When is the best time 20 bestow
slippers upon young manP The horse
eoitor, who La running the Inquiry De.
partment this week, says; 'Bestow them
upon him when he Is about five years old
and ready for bed
Creston lover who addressed love
scented letter TO the object of his afrec-
tions, asking the young lady TO become
his partner through life, inscribed on one
oornkr of the envelope, "sealed proposal"
The result was that he was awarded the
contract.
solomon Isaaos-Nadder, Meester
Moses says vat you charge him for dose
two dollar paints.
Israel Isaacs Vat did Moses pay ven
he failt last time.
Solomon Twenty lfe cents on der dol
lar.
Irsael -Charch him eight dollars for
dose paints, solomon,
The minister was dining with the fam
lily, and he said TO Bobby with an amused
smile:
Pm afraid, Bobby, that you haven't
the patience of job
mo, SIR said Bobby, who was hungry,
'but do wasn't always helped last"
The Columbus (Ga.,) Enquirer-Suu
says;i
IA Baptist minister brought suit
against the membership of his church
for the amount due him as pastor, and
was defeated. lie nov makes Il criminal
case of ~ by having this parties arrested
on the charge of getting religion under
false prvtencen
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
Feeding SOFT Food.
Mirror and Farmer

1t is best to vary the soft food. Feed
ing the sams thing every morning is not
as beneficial as giving different kind.
and yet to vary the food need not cause
any real change in the food itself The
hens are very partial to variety, and keep
in better condition when given new
dish" at each meal. Ground corn and
oats, bran and shorts are usually fed.
The ground corn and oats may be scalded
and fed the first morning, bran tdwo
parts) and shorts lone part may be mix
ed and fed the second morning, and next
ground corn, oats and bran, with ground
corn, oats and shorts next. Here we have
four varieties, on as many different ocas
ions. Shorts known as middlings or
shipstuff) are too glutlnous or stickey to
be fed alone and for that reason are best
fed when fed in connection with some
thing else. This mode gives change of
food, and the same course may be pursu-
ed with whole grains, by feeding wheat
one day and oats the next, followed by
buckwheat or barley, with an occasional
diet of corn on very cold days. Even
the green food may be varied by giving
chopped clover cabbage, aided by cook
I'd potatoes or turnips. Variety does
not necessarily compel you to purchase
a great many differant kinds, but means
that you should not give the same food a.
every meal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
Combinations.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.-The following
nominations have been confirmed by
the senate; o. S. Strauss minister to
Turkey; postmasteIs, O. M. Walworth,
Loup City, Neb.; Illinois,. Keagy
Cambridge; j. McNamee, Bement; ii. W.
Roberts, Chester; W. F. White, Barry.
Dakota--J. B. Beatran, Jr., Canton
Daniel Flynn, Mandan; e. W. FOUGHT
Redfeid; Alex Green, Miller; G. W
Hastings, Brookings; w. G. Judd, Fargo
A. w. Mullen, Desmet; b. +. Ochstner
Kimball; II. O. Rasmussen, Devils Lake
j. =. Taylor, Columbus.
S. S. Carlisle, of New Orleans, TO b'
minister to Bolivia.
j. W. Walker, of Texas, to be consu
general at Bogota.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
nla New ENGLAND Tobacco Laws.

Just how the use of tobacco was regard
ed in New England in the early days Two
laws show. One was made at Harvard
soon after the foundation Of the iustltu-
ton and read: mo scholars shall take
tobacco unless permitted by the president,
with the consent of therir parents ana
guardians, and or good reason first given
by physician, and then in a sober ana
nrivate mannar." The other u the ola
Massachusetts colony law. and prescrioe,9'
the punishment for any one who shali
spoke tobacco within twenty poles OF any
house. or Who shall take tobacco In any
inn or common victualing house, exeeP'
in private room, so as that nei.her ",
shall take offense thereat."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29

years, the result of an official INQUIRY
Just published, being in all respects but
price, satisfactory. The total production
OF cocoons has risen from 8, 19e, 1894 kilos
in 1884 to S,576,673 in 1887, and the aver.
age yield of % CRANES of grain from a
small fraction over % kilos to 33lf kilos
Prices have fallen slightly for coeoons
and grain alike.
\ Nebraska farmer who hes been ex-
perimenting with alfalfa, finds that the
plants raised one spring are likely to be
killed thu following winter. If they sur
yive, however, they will be strobg
eneugh to live through succeeding win
tiers, and will produce a large amount of
foliage. This alfalfa patcn afforded ex
cellent feed last SUNNI sr while the drought
put stop to the growth of grass and
clover.
Raw meat chopped fine and fed once a
day Will produce moe eggs than any 9th
or food that can be given the hen One
pound of rough meat to fifteen hens is
sufficient. The meat should be lean, and,
if preferred, may be cooked, but it gives
better results when given raw. 1t is not
expensive When the increased number of
eggs is considered.
flrmer living near Dickinson, Dako-
ia, has COW that is used as decoy in
| loading cattle IN cars She will make
friends" of the steers in yard, and at a
given signal lead them up the incline
that projects from the car towards the
yard. Her o xner receives more for her
services than any two men at the station
receive.
According to the official returns of the
wheat harvest in France, 7,0S2,360 hect-
ares were under cultivation, as compar-
ed with $685. G7 in 1886, producing 109,-
| 1855 hectoliters, or 2,46C.563 hectoli-
tiers more than in 1886. The production
of rye was 23,793,071 hectolIters, as com
pared with 22,6l0,273 in 1886.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
4 distinguished Family

$50 your sons are all through college,
are theyY asked Mrs.. Smiley Of Mrs.
Lofty.
YES, indeed, !" replied Mrs. Lofty. "The
dear fellows. / am 80 proud OF them
Each Of them made his mark. Only
think Of i'll George won the gold medal
for beng the best pOlo.player IN his
class"
"IndeedW
"Oh, yes, aud Harry wa5 never beaten
once at lawn tennis during the last two
years he was in college. He has over
many badges and medals"
How gratifying 20 your
Indeed IL j.. Aud my son WIN went
ahead OF his whole class at baseball and
il regarded AZ the most promising first
base The college has ever turned outl We
are all 80 proud OF him! But all our
hopers are conferred onl our son Leo, Who
graduated two years ago. He has come
out winner in every boat race he has
rowed; and, only TO think of it, We used
20 fear tsat it was waste of time and
money to send him to college at all. de
seemed so Indifferent about collage
education But he has turned out
grandly! We are so proud of all oar
| boys
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29
Statesmen Adyanccd In Acc.

Beginning his SD year, NJ, Ferdinand
de Lesseps can look around, says the
London Daily News, and see but very few
men of anything like equal eminenoe who
are as old "a he. The German Emperor
is 80, DR.. Dollinger is Ss, Motke and Ban
craft the historian are each 81, Kossuth
is 50, and Professor Owen is 49, but it is
not easy 20 extend the list. Yet IL is as
tonishing TO note the largo number of
living great men who have passed the
ordinary limit OF human lire. OF soYor-
eigns, the Pope ia n, aud King William
OF the Netherlands il we'll on in his list
year. or statesmen, Mr.. Gladstone is 10,
Mr.. Bright is &C. Prince Bismarck Is ",
Nj. jules Groyy is "a, NJ. Leon Say and
NJ. Letoyer are each n; Lord Selborne Is
70 and Lord Granville ~. OF generals,
MacMahon is 70, Lebmuf ia rs and Ba-
zaine and Cialdini are each 20. OF poets,
Lord Tennyscn is rs, Mr.. Browning is 10,
and Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes is 7s, OF
musicians, NJ, Verdi is 20. Of engineers,
Lord Armstrong ia n and Sir John Hawk
shaw is 20. OF painters, Meissonier 10
~; and finally, of showmen, Barnum is
| n. Perhaps, however, M. Cheyreui, who
ia fairly started upon his ono-hundree
and second year, ought not to be omit
ted.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-29

While unpacking box of bananas this
morning at one of the street fruit
stores, monster taraAtula WAS brought
TO light. Men who are required 60 handle
this fruit are very cautious with It, as 1t is
generally alive with poisonous creatures
which find a snug berth in the bunch
One of tho large clusters pauned out pref
ty well this morning, the man discovering
besides the deadly tarautula, a still more
dangerous reptile--a centipeds inches
long.
When tho two creatures were found
they were placed together in large
fruit lar to see what kind Of stun they
were made of. Both wsre gamey and
the fun commenced immedia, ely. They
rushed at each other like fighting bull
dogs and had genuine catoh-as catch.
can iussle. Their legs flew around ike
the paddIesof a windmill, first one on
top and then the other.
The tarautuls would grab hold OF his
foe and drag him about the jar uptil, APP
parently, he WAS exhausted, when his
hold would be relaxed, when the cenupede
would try ths same tactics. Finally, how
ever the centipede evidently grew tired
Of the oUgh-end-tumble hght when ~
drew back, raised its head and made q
sudden plunge upon the tarantula. Il
was fatal jump aud the centipede eraw-
led of 10 one side, victorious.
Then a mouse was thrown into the Jar
The luckless little rodent had no sooner
touched the bottom than he WAS goner
The ire of the centipede was evidently
aroused, and it grabbed the mouse BY tht
back with its claws and then took hold
with its mouts. Instantly the mous'
rolled over, dead, and the centipede pro
! coed I'D to feed upon it.